Nice to see Nintendo giving people a chance to get 'hands on' with what should be some system moving games.

@Sekuiya That was a great read. Thanks

That's it I'll never purchase this game again!!

(Good thing I already purchased it pre-rant, time to play the hell out of it too )

This doesn't appeal to me, but since they created the last ninja, I've always got time for system 3

Dad you killed zombie Bono and The Edge!

They were zombies??

Ba-doom-ching.

Rory, can't say your humour worked for me, but props for the effort you clearly put into this. I won't be getting this game, disaster averted

Excellent week.

1.5 million seems quite ambitious

This game looks awesome. This is the first time a kickstarter project has really appealed to me.

It also helps that 3DO Road Rash was one of my favourite games on that system.

I want the ocarina of time.
Go future, get lotto numbers.
Come back, buy all castles.

What the... this looks like some old school side scroller beat em up fun with modern touches.

Colour me intrigued!

How does that one guy carry a samurai sword, shotgun and baton. He must have large pockets.
This game looks amazing , I would buy this day 1.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein was my favourite FPS for online play.

Nice 'non' innuendo at the end there. Brought a moment of scrubs to mind...

Nurse: Todd, I'm sick of all your innuendo.

Todd: 'In your endo'

I swear Nintendo must have some artists who create some of this content. Drawing with the gamepad is hard. I've had the odd moment where the palm touches the screen at the same time as the stylus and draws a line straight across your work

I was so disappointed in this game when I saw the cel shaded graphics in the magazines. So much so, that I avoided this game for years until the Wii came out, and with its Gamecube backward compatibility I could go back and check out the Zelda game I had missed.

Initially I still felt the graphics were a let down (especially after playing Twilight Princess) but I came to really love the silky smooth animation which worked perfectly with the cel shaded art style. While I was disappointed by the lack of dungeons and all the boring travel time in the game, the approach to the final temple where you go under water, was the most epic moment of any zelda game I have played.

I was always in awe of the animation of Cammy's jiggly bits in Street Fighter II - probably helped that I was a teenager at the time.

Lets see these figures re worked after NextBox and PS4 come out.

Never played the GTA series. Everyone raves about it, so it would be a definite purchase for me on WiiU. Again, Nintendo can't afford to miss out on titles like these if it is going to remain competitive.

Technically if you ever recorded a show off TV without first ringing the TV station and asking for permission, you are a pirate. Piracy is a grey area abounding with hypocritical enforcement of rules. Companies should be grateful that anyone takes it seriously, especially considering HDD, DVD and VHS recorders sell/sold like hotcakes allowing any old person to make illegitimate copies of copyrighted material for personal use.

My understanding was also that as Nintendo used non standard discs, piracy should be extremely difficult, at least with the physical medium.

This story should be an ad for the 3DS

Interesting that Iwata says 'some developers actively support us while others do not'. And then he talks about misconceptions. Nintendo needs to make known the WiiU's capabilities in an easily digestible format for developers to dispel these misconceptions.

It sounds like WiiU is a tad different to previous systems in terms of how you approach development to get the most out of the machine. If only half of developers get this fact, Nintendo needs to address this fast.

This game better have swearing.

Sounds like a theme park related injury waiting to happen...

Damn I was hoping the screen tearing was some kind of artifact with the recording or playback side of things.

I used to be a fan of first person shooters. But after playing them relentlessly for a year or two I got over it. Can't say I mind either way about this one. This is excellent news for the WiiU however. If they were to miss out on another big third party title, I would be very worried for the long term viability of the console.

I guess i'm still hanging out to upgrade to a 3DS XL when a zelda bundle comes out later this year.

Ikaruga is hard. Brutally hard. I have it, but rarely fire up my Wii to play it any more.

Never got past level 3. Bring Ikaruga to VC!

Admittedly, anything NIntendo says will probably be lost in the noise of the Sony/Microsoft hype.

Still, they could show some blockbuster software. This is their chance to steal Sony and Microsoft's thunder and a gorgeous HD Zelda and HD Galaxy would be the best thing they could do.

Nintendo has a few issues:

Marketing/Advertising - really poor. Maybe they thought social media would do all the work for them... fail. 3DS should have had adverts run in 3D cinemas. WiiU should have had more adverts run full stop. But at the end of the day, both systems released too early and needed a VERY solid launch title (NSMBWiiU does not count).

Software - poor. While the launch line up was quite exciting, releases have slowed to a trickle. Nintendo seems to have a recent history of rushing things and getting ahead of themselves. This is the best chance Nintendo has to redeem itself. I notice several comments on here that mirror my opinion on this aspect too.

Iwata - I start to wonder if he is really the right man for the job since he seems to be consistently repeating mistakes. I think his claim of 100 billion yen will be his downfall. That's the kind of claim you make if you're supremely confident (which may or may not be justified) or desperately trying to hold onto your job.

VC - poor. Nintendo has a way to dramatically increase their games library with some cheap and affordable titles. Really with that list... they may as well have just released Super Mario World, and the poll on the VC article reflects that quite well.

Things Nintendo did right:
3DS ambassador program - that really got things moving in the right direction for Nintendo. When a 3DS XL comes out in a Zelda bundle, I will be snapping it up and doing a system transfer across from my original 3DS. The XL is also a good thing for Nintendo. Making people buy hardware twice is evil genius.

Stay optimistic - it's worked so far, but I think they've got to produce something positive soon to reflect this optimism.

Sell 100 million Wii units - any company that moves 100 million home consoles, can't be written off - I seriously hope they get there, give the last few Wii units away if you have to Nintendo!

Nintendo plans to use MiiVerse to do what... sell software. Thats great... but it's not going to move any hardware - which in turn would move more software. Whoever runs the marketing department for Nintendo needs to have some sense shaken into them.

Otherwise, it's always great to see Nintendo prove people wrong

@MANIAC911 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that VC was ready upon launch of the Wii

EDIT: I just looked into it and wow, virtual console was available from launch on the Wii with something like 12 titles available. You're right, this is a pretty lacklustre effort by Nintendo in this regard...

-bows head in shame-

This is great news. I just hope they flood some content into the VC initially before they reduce it to their standard trickle.

I remember being in a target store just prior to the WiiU launch, and the employee in electronics section described WiiU to a colleague as a tablet for the Wii. Nintendo did and continues to do a SHOCKING job at marketing. In some ways Nintendo is at the head of the pack (at as far as innovation is concerned), but is doing woefully in other aspects of managing a business (namely marketing).

@luminalace I miss my 3DO too. Man that version of road rash was awesome. I could never finish the last level in first place.

I remember Star Wars and Street Fighter II: Turbo having a great codes too. In some cases entering the code was a skill in itself. I'm looking at you Super Star Wars..

Seriously enjoyed this game.

Sure there are alot of "help, stuck" posts, but most of the gamers on MiiVerse are probably early teens and at times this game is difficult but not impossible.

I got stuck twice, one time people had to explain it to me, the other time I figured it out. Toki Tori 2 tries something unique in that it offers very little guidance, relying on the user to "get" the natural progression of the game. For the most part it works, but some of the mechanics people won't fully appreciate until about 15% into the game. There are a couple of visual clues, I got stuck because I didn't really realise that it was a significant clue when it was shown.

It will be hard for the patch to remedy the 'flow' issues without making it really obvious. This game is definitely worth a download if you like puzzlers.

T-spins are also found to be correlated with winning.

The VC titles will be released in dribs and drabs. Some may never see WiiU. So yes, if you have 100 a one off fee would be nice (although it will take over a year, at least, for all your titles to come through - which would spread the cost out nicely). Or just play them on your Wii to protest.

What I hope to see on WiiU VC in the early stages....

Arcade game support (Double Dragon, Strider, Ghosts and Goblins)
3DO support (possibly the best version of street fighter 2 and best version of road rash)
Gamecube support (Ikaruga, Mario Kart, Mario Sunshine, etc)
Commodore 64 for all regions (With a working Last Ninja 3 - never got my money back because I changed regions to buy it)

Paperboy (NES)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Prince of Persia (SNES)

I understand why some people are hesitant to spend $1.50 on a game they have already bought. But seriously, if you're that tight, just shove some coal up there and sell the diamond for your VC monies.

Dear @Nintendolife. People seem pretty passionate about this one. Maybe try for the top 10 votes via email again but extend the list to top 25?

@Donjwolf thanks for pointing that out. That will teach me to write a list when I'm running late for work

That is a tough list to make. Super NES was awesome. A few on that list I never played (Super Punch Out, Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country, Earthbound and Chrono Trigger the notable exceptions) so I can't really vote for those.

Mine would be more like (with a tie for first):
1. Super Mario World
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
3. Street Fighter II Turbo
4. Super Castlevania IV (Played this alot... best castlevania title for me)
5. Contra III: The Alien Wars (Many MANY multiplayer hours into this one)
6. Super Star Wars (Would replay this just to get to the last stage - was awesome)
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (the best attempt to recreate the arcade experience at home - was amazed that you could play this on a console AT HOME)
8. Prince of Persia (Already an amazing game, this version added extra challenging levels and had a decent final boss fight too)
9. F-Zero (This was good enough that I never needed a second racer and didn't enjoy mario kart... until N64 of course )
10.

Wow, even though I owned many SNES games and played many more, there are huge gaps in my SNES experience. I had a hard time making this list after about 8, as I played the other games so religiously. I just hope virtual console does a better job of releasing those extra titles we never saw on Wii VC.

Maybe enough time has passed that the statute of limitation has passed for whatever potential law suit could apply.

Nintendo's lawyers picked the date.

They could have at least put a mushroom inside

@Jon You mention that the rumours about MM were a red herring. Is this purely some light hearted teasing of James (which I approve) or has Nintendo actually said something along the lines of MM is currently not a 3ds project?

It would be nice if owning a title on 3ds also entitled you to a cheap upgrade.

I hope nintendo releases a bunch if titles initially to boost the library before they get down to the slow trickle of software.

1. Super Mario Bros 3
2. Super Mario Bros
3. Zelda II: The Adventures of Link
4. Ninja Gaiden
5. Super C
6. Wizards & Warriors
7. Double Dragon II
8. Ninja Gaiden II
9. Tetris
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The arcade game

Wow so many memories. Also so many notable mentions. I can't list them all

That looks really good. This is a great addition to the WiiU. I must admit, as far as WiiU eShop games are concerned. I tend to buy puzzlers. So far all I have bought is Little Inferno and Toki Tori2 and I'm pretty sure I would buy Qube too!